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All good suggestions.I still haven't moved much further in reading this, but...
It sounds like you are concerned about camping and having one come into your tent. That's got a lot to do with your preparations. That happens because people carry food and other smell good stuff into the tent. Keep food out of and away from the tent. Keep food to a centralized cooking area. When finished with eating clean up and secure food stuffs. A cooler with a tight and securable lid so smells won't be escaping. Hard storage boxes that seal up tight and can be secured. Bear bags. Don't keep trash and waste food in the site, carry it to a secured disposal area if available.
I'm not going to go so far as to say that there is ever a good encounter with a bear, but there are a lot of things that can be done to help ensure that you never have a bad encounter with a bear, especially a black bear.
Yes coming in the tent (or hammock is usually what im sleeping in) or running up on one while i wander off to take a piss or something.
I sleep so heavy chances are i wouldnt notice it even at camp unless i became the things slim jim.
Ive always spent alot of time in the woods and stuff and honestly used to never carry anything till i got my CPL a few years ago. Ive done alot of research and i think im way to worried about the chances of a nasty run in with one...hell i read one story where a man beat a 250lb black bear to death with a tree limb after it attacked his kid.
I also read that you are 167x more likely to be killed by a human then a bear lol.
So yes, a run in with a coyote or possibly even a cougar (supposdly they are around up there too) is much, much more likely then a bear.
So in short, im probably worrying way to much. My buddy carries a 9mm and feels fine with it, granted hes got 15 rounds but i doubt youd get that many off if you got attacked anyways.
Last time we camped up there we actually stopped and cooked our food then rode another mile or 2 to set up camp.